Support for conveyer-belts.



No. 841,053. PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907. G. ROUSE.

SUPPORT FOR CONVEYER BELTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.22,1905.

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CHARLES HOUSE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPORT FOR converse-saws. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1905. Serial No. 251,374.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907:.

ments in supports for conveyer-belts; and the main obj cct is to provide a means whereby a series of pulleys are so journaled as to propl erly allow the conveyerbelt to pass there over and at the same time bend or curve the surface of the conveyer-belt so as to prevent the same from creasing and ultimately cracking at the abutting ends of the rollers, as well as to prevent articles from passing over the edges thereof. 1

To attain these objects, my invention con sists of a rolling support for conveyor-belts cmbodying novel, features of construction j and combination ,of described herein.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the support, showing my construction, in which three pulleys are employed. Fig. 2 is parts, substantially as an end view of the central roller, shown'in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view setting forth the grooves 16.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the two brackets, which are ar ranged in pairs and so disposed that the innor projections 2 'oppose each other, while the outer upwardly-inclined projections 3 extend outward in opposite directions.

The bore 4 is formed in these projections, terminating in thel-e larged portions 5for the reception of the ubular shafts 6 and 7 the shaft 7 connecting the brackets-together mounted thereon a bushing or hearing 8 or the reception of the-roller or pulley 9. Set-screws 10 are employed to hold the shafts 6 and 7 in place. in order to properly oil the rollers 9 and 11, the bushin 8 and 8 are provided with openings 12 an 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The pulleys 11 are rot'atably mounted upon the bushings 8 and are secured in place by means of the shoulder 13, carried by the grease-cups 14',

' which are secured to the outer end of the bushing 8 by means of the set-screws 15.

The surface of the roller or pulley 9 is concaved longitudinally, as clearly shown in the drawings, and, as shown in Fig. 3, may be provi led with a series of circumferential grooves 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, thus providing a surface whereby the conveyorbelt is readily engaged and moved along the l by the outer edges of the belt are turned upward to cause the same to be concaved in cross-section. The construction herein de' scribed is. clearly shown in. Figs. 1 and 3 of f the drawings.

l From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it is evident j that I provide a novel construction of beltconveyer support.

i What I claim as new, and desire to secure I by Letters Patent, is

1. A support for a conveyor-belt, comprisj ing a plurality of rollers, the central one of which is mounted on a horizontal planeand ferential grooves, while the outer rollers are angularly arranged so that their sup ortingsurface will conform to the natural curvature of the belt.

l 2. A support for-a conveyenbelt, comprisl ing two brackets, a journal connecting the f'brackets and one secured to the opposite sidej of each bracket-and projecting outwardly, a

j roller provided with a concaved surface with circumferential grooves mounted upon the connecting-journal and two rollers one each, I mounted upon the outwardly-projecting journals in such position that their surfaces I conform to the natural curvature of the belt. 3. A support for conveyenbelts, comprising a plurality of rollers, the center one of having a concaved periphery with circum pulleys 1.1, simply providing a means wherej which is concaved and provided with circum-.-

l ferential means-for assisting in the engaging of the belt during its travel thereover.

j in testimony'whereof I have signed my;

j name to this specification in the presence. 9f two subscribing witnesses. l

CHARLES ROUSE. Nitnesses:

j J. A. RENNIE,

J. Man Warenr. 

